| Engelsk navneord: antecedent | 
| 1. | antecedent (om person) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | 
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 | Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root | 
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 | Mindre specifikke termer | relation, relative | 
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 | Mere specifikke termer | ancestress, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, sire | 
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 | Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | descendant, descendent | 
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| 2. | antecedent (om begivenhed) a preceding occurrence or cause or event | 
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 | Mindre specifikke termer | cause | 
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| 3. | antecedent  anything that precedes something similar in time | 
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 | Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience. 
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 | Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | forerunner | 
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 | Mindre specifikke termer | temporal relation | 
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| 4. | antecedent (om kommunikation) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | 
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 | Mindre specifikke termer | referent | 
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